Our partners at Juwai reflected on the financial impact of QDII2 on Global Property Markets. With QDII2, the Chinese government proposes taking a significant step towards removing restrictions on the export of privately held capital. Juwai.com estimates QDII2 –if rolled out nationally– could theoretically deliver as much as US$2.3 trillion to international residential real estate markets alone. Take a look at the table below which reveals the size of likely capital flows to real estate in leading destination countries at allocations of just 5 percent:

* US Dollars. When just 5% of wealth is dedicated to international real estate markets.** Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau. Source: Juwai.com, Financial Times

International property gives Chinese investors the additional benefits of enabling them to diversify their risks, and is attractive to buyers motivated by investment, education, lifestyle and emigration:

QDII2 Facts:

QDII2 will remove a barrier that has limited overseas real estate purchases, and help China get closer to its goal of allowing investors to freely transfer money in and out of the country.

The country started on this path in 2001, when it joined the World Trade Organization.

The abbreviation, “QDII2”, stands for the Qualified Domestic Individual Investor program. The number “2” in the name distinguishes it from an early program with the same initials, the Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor program, or QDII.

Some QDII2 Facts:

First to be rolled out in six cities across China.

Expected to be formally announced in June by China’s State Council, or cabinet.

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How do you increase the value of your property? Most real estate experts agree the best way to do this is to renovate and upgrade the home. Typically the kitchen and bathrooms top the list for requiring priority attention. Though kitchen & bathrooms renovations also tend to be the most costly.

So in deciding where to begin one needs to determine where one can leverage the most dollar value congruent with their goals. Also, what upgrades can one afford. Perhaps you have an older home that requires attention in certain areas, whether or not you are selling. Or indeed it has come time for you to sell and the home needs to become more attractive to buyers. But what if you are on a tight budget?

If kitchen and bathroom renovations are too costly the next consideration is the floors and walls, which carry throughout the home and inspires an impression. It’s useful to research what the trends are for flooring and wall finishes, and what solutions are workable in your budget to achieve a maximum lasting impression. Though maybe solutions are even more subtler than that? Which brings us to a client’s true story….

When their family settled in Calgary, being recent Russian immigrants they hardly knew any english and there was not a lot of money. After a time they were needing to sell their home so they set out to beautify it. Their main choice of focus was the backyard. They gathered large river rocks and set out to make a type of ‘serenity garden.’ The very first buyers that came to the home just happened upon the yard first. Upon viewing the yard and revelling this serenity garden, the lady of the buying couple said ‘I don’t even want to see the inside. I want this home.’ And it was sold. This is a totally true story.

Obviously we can’t always rely on serendipity to sell a home. But one can find very creative solutions to create an impression, thus increasing the value. So perhaps a budget savvy solution requires different questions? Such as, what would make me want to buy my home? How can I make my home reflect that it’s loved and cared for? What could really make this home more pleasing to the eye? Where can I make my home reflect more light & clean lines?

It could be that when your goal is to increase the value of your home on a budget, your maximum investment lies in choosing a focus, and invoking what you genuinely want your home to say about what it has meant to you.

We’re just a day away from the 2015 Year of the Goat, and millions of Chinese citizens are travelling abroad this Golden Week and while they’re away, they’ll buy property. Better known as “Fly ‘n Buy” customers, these Chinese property hunters generally have limited time but plenty of cash, and are able and willing to make snap decisions on buying a property. Our source at Juwai tells us that “they’ve seen monthly visits on Juwai.com go from 1.5 million to 2.5 million, and news of wealthy Chinese investors buying million-dollars homes sight unseen and Chinese luxury property transactions completed entirely via social media have become the stuff of legends amongst property agents and brokers”.
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According to Simon Henry, co-chief executive officer at Juwai.com, Canada ranks fifth in destinations searched by their users, behind the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and Singapore and there are a couple of good reasons behind it.

First of all, the desire for offshore property is driven by investment opportunities. With few investment options in their own country, due to some restrictions on property purchases, wealthy Chinese have been forced to look abroad.

Secondly, they are often purchasing a place for their children who are starting to attend schools abroad. Good quality education is always in demand, with North America often being their first choice.

Tailing those reasons for purchase are emigration and lifestyle, according to Juwai.com.

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